Google Maps: Power Tools for Maximizing the API

by Evangelos Petroutsos

Featuring step-by-step examples, this practical resource gets you started programming the Google Maps API with JavaScript in no time. Learn how to embed maps on web pages, annotate the embedded maps with your data, generate KML files to store and reuse your map data, and enable client applications to request spatial data through web services. Google Power Tools for Maximizing the API explains techniques for visualizing masses of data and animating multiple items on the map. You’ll also find out how to embed Google maps in desktop applications to combine the richness of the Windows interface with the unique features of the API. You can use the numerous samples included throughout this hands-on guide as your starting point for building customized applications. Bonus online content

464 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2014

Reviews

[Brian Rivard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, but already woefully out of date.